Little Change in Taxation \In-that Britain would not make or join an unprovoked attack on Germany, bat, as the Germans demanded an absolute pledge of British neutrality if Germany were engaged in war, nothing came of the conversations, and Lord Haldane told crease in Defence Estimates Paris, Aug, 21.
The Premier, M. Poincaré, has completed his plans for the 1929 Budget, which he is shortly sub. mitting' to the Chamber of Deputies.
Apart from a slight relief in income-tax, there will neither be an increase nor a decrease in taxation. The Army, Navy and Air Force estimates." will be increased, and there will be x deficit of about 48,000,000 if the original demands of the spending departments are Britain would be compelled to build two ships for every new German vessel constructed. Soon afterwards, he exchanged War Office for Chancellor.
After the war began, Lord Haldane was disappointed because Lord Kitchener did not expand the Territorial, but created an entirely new arnly. There was much feeling against Lord Haldane on account of his German sympathies, and his prewar remark Germany as his was the subject of bitter comment.
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